Two underground waste disposal facilities are available for long-term-safe deposit of waste.

Underground waste disposal plant 
Herfa-Neurode

Underground waste disposal plant 
Zielitz

The first underground waste disposal plant worldwide, at the Herfa- Neurode site in Hesse has been in operation since 1972, and is still run by the K+S group.

In the mid-1990s K+S opened a second underground disposal plant in Zielitz near Magdeburg, which is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

Delivery and packing

by truck or by rail:

• big bags (on pallets)
• steel barrels (on pallets)
• steel containers (on stands or on pallets)

by silo truck:

• pneumatically transportable wastes

Delivery and packing

by truck or by rail (unit height up to 2 metres, maximal length 2.4 metres):

• big bags (on pallets)
• steel drums (on pallets) 
• steel containers (on pallets)

Certificates

• Qualified waste management facility (Efb)
• QM-system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001

Certificates

• Qualified waste management facility (Efb)
• QM-system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001

Beginning of operation: 1972
Annual capacity: 200,000 tons

Beginning of operation: 1995
Annual capacity: 70,000 tons